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Went up there in my toyota and a small group 2 weekends ago to the beer tree in the bottom of the bowl and back. I would guess around 6ft+. I know when you broke through the top you where not going to find bottom with a shovel anytime soon. Got a couple pics if somoene wants to post them for me

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I'd say his camera lens was wet or foggy. been there done that.. Looks like fun, alot of snow up there. Probably alot deeper once you get in farther. I'm guessing the snow from say Observation peak to Tahomas gotta be 20' or better?

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2nd picture with silver 4runner is loon lake to the left with trucks on the dam/spillway. Not sure how deep the snow was on the lake but they where riding snowmobiles accross it. Sorry pictures arent the greatest but thats how they turned out.

Picture with the blue buggy in backround is beer tree in the bottom of the bowl. Picture with all the rigs headed up hill is coming out of bowl to gate keeper. And Tims right traction was great until 1ish then soft spots started popping up that made progress slow but doable very low air pressure was definitly the key for that day.

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Yea, I went up about 1/2--3/4 mile and turned around, the low branches and deep treewells were getting a little sketchy, I'll be up next week I'm tryin' to make it to the campground. Then the loop to loon.

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Tahoe side staging area today. Close to 8 feet of snow. Got pretty warm and the snow is still pretty firm but getting very mushy. Made it to Buck Creek fairly easy (no winching) past that is gonna take some work!

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Fire restrictions have gone into effect on Friday May 29th.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd745263.pdf
Yes this is extremely early to have this happen, but it has to do with more than just conditions this year.
this also went into effect for...

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